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building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would rival his him. every political faction within libya has weapons and obviously at least one of them or more used them on the consulate a few weeks ago. >> eliot: what i hear you saying, and what i think is critically important after the revolution after the sort we witnessed and facilitateed in lib y things evolve. and the president used the phrase, there will be bumps in the road. the arc of any evolution is that it evolves over time. diplomacy could be a problem when it is so needed. >> there is a strategy, turning the opposition that overthrew gadhafi into a functioning government and help that government blow a popular support--grow a popular support. that will take time. there is a strategy, but where romney gets it wrong is that that strategy will depend most significantly on what happens inside these countries. it's not about imposing a solution from the outside. >> eliot: i think for purposes of his campaign he wants to overstate and estim
building up a strong system of government, institution of government libya in particular build gadhafi never wanted an institution that would rival his him. every political faction within libya has weapons and obviously at least one of them or more used them on the consulate a few weeks ago. >> eliot: what i hear you saying, and what i think is critically important after the revolution after the sort we witnessed and facilitateed in lib y things evolve. and the president used the phrase,...
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speech we could say simply legal speech within our borders is neither endorsed nor condemned by our government, and the use of now to my point. (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy. regardless of how you plan to vote in november there is one thing we should all be able to agree on the corrosive influence money plays in our politics. corporations are considered people ben cohen of stampstampede.org have announced a new campaign they want people to simply stamp their money to let officials know how they feel. joining us now is ben cohen from ben and jerry's, and head tamper of the stampstampede.org campaign. thank you for joining us tonight with our stamps. and you also brought ice cream. >> of course. >> eliot: you know what people want -- >> that's right. >> eliot: explan to me what you are trying to target and how you are doing it? >> i think ove
speech we could say simply legal speech within our borders is neither endorsed nor condemned by our government, and the use of now to my point. (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy. regardless of how you plan to vote in november there is one...
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messaging guru, folks who brought us, you know, government -- that obama care is a government takeover, you know, frank luntz said during the republican convention, if you are still trying to personalize your candidate you're still trying to get voters to believe that your candidate is a good human being, at the time of the convention, you've got a problem. and yet we're seeing it this week as alina points out. the campaign is putting a did, s out there they're trying to humanize mitt romney. if you are 40 days away from the election and you're still humanizing your candidate you've got a problem. that's especially relevant in a state like ohio, a lot of middle class, working class voters, a state like virginia, a lot of white, working class voters. they've got a problem on their hands here. >> eliot: alina, you said and you've been following the money in this campaign. huge gobs of money being spent. i'm going to suggest something that's a little counterintuitive. i don't think the money matters as much as we think it does. with all of the money the republicans have spent, they were u
messaging guru, folks who brought us, you know, government -- that obama care is a government takeover, you know, frank luntz said during the republican convention, if you are still trying to personalize your candidate you're still trying to get voters to believe that your candidate is a good human being, at the time of the convention, you've got a problem. and yet we're seeing it this week as alina points out. the campaign is putting a did, s out there they're trying to humanize mitt romney....
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whereas commercial banks have deposits that are sticky because they are government guaranteed, so they are stable. citi relied heavily on wholesale markets -- >> eliot: let me jump to the issues that you focus on. they didn't do anything for the mortgage relief that was critical for the economy. >> no they didn't. we had some soft language theying they should do their best which they agreed to but didn't do that. >> at the moment tim geithner said i have what you need -- they didn't reform anything. why not? >> because they didn't really need capital. citi needed capital. the rest of them had liquidity needs, but they were afraid if they put too many conditions or restrictions the healthy banks wouldn't take it. so if you -- at chase or wells fargo, they still have pretty strong balance sheets and they are saying we are going to make you take this capital, and by the way you have to do x, and z. >> eliot: and then we didn't solve the financial crisis and that has continued to be a huge perhaps more fundamental drag on the economy. >> it has been. and they had more tarp money, so we tho
whereas commercial banks have deposits that are sticky because they are government guaranteed, so they are stable. citi relied heavily on wholesale markets -- >> eliot: let me jump to the issues that you focus on. they didn't do anything for the mortgage relief that was critical for the economy. >> no they didn't. we had some soft language theying they should do their best which they agreed to but didn't do that. >> at the moment tim geithner said i have what you need -- they...
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i don't think he helped soften his image any. >> you would move some government programs to the states. what would they be? >> well, for instance, medicaid is a program that's designed to help the poor. likewise, we have housing vouchers and food stamps and these help the poor. i would take the dollars for those programs, send them back to the states and say to the poor that they should sit in their apartment and die. [ laughter ] >> laughter. >> huge peacocks go high up into the air and fly. >> not that high. >> the worst thing about them is -- >> isn't it exhausting, stewart. it has a big body and the wings don't seem that efficient. >> slow news day. >> eliot: almost beginning to feel sorry for mitt romney. but not really. we all saw it. we're all talking about it. one of the worst calls in nfl history. the referee union lockout coming up. there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy. admitted that that look, we were able to keep
i don't think he helped soften his image any. >> you would move some government programs to the states. what would they be? >> well, for instance, medicaid is a program that's designed to help the poor. likewise, we have housing vouchers and food stamps and these help the poor. i would take the dollars for those programs, send them back to the states and say to the poor that they should sit in their apartment and die. [ laughter ] >> laughter. >> huge peacocks go high up...
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there were federal regulations governing the quality of our water. and things got a lot better and now we want to go back to how it was before which is clearly a system that doesn't work. >> eliot: it is staggering when you recognize how much the political debate has shift in the wrong direction. when it comes to water, what are you telling people to organize, how can they build another base of support to take actions that are needed not only to protect the oceans that you focus on and talk about so eloquently but also domestically, our internal water sources, what should people be doing? >> the united states has a great water crisis on its hands and i think we all need to be mindful of where our water comes from. what happens to it as it passes through our community and where it goes when it leaves us because we're very truly downstream from one another. so figure out who your water keeper is. who your water conservation organization is and give them a call because the impact that people have on their water resources, on their water shed goes beyond
there were federal regulations governing the quality of our water. and things got a lot better and now we want to go back to how it was before which is clearly a system that doesn't work. >> eliot: it is staggering when you recognize how much the political debate has shift in the wrong direction. when it comes to water, what are you telling people to organize, how can they build another base of support to take actions that are needed not only to protect the oceans that you focus on and...
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rather than advancing people with color as they are unable to move forward without a crutch from the government. there is an affirmative action case before the supreme court now. do you think college admissions should be purely and testing and grades. >> i do. a college also has to take into account diversity. you want a college campus that is reflective of america. i'm also concerned you look back president kennedy said that race should have no form under the color of law in american life. i think unfortunately his desire to make sure that we had an equal application of the law regardless of your skin color has turned into a quota system. i am not in favor of quotas, of admitting x number of people based on the color of their skin. i'm strongly in favor of diversity. i don't like quota systems and the way the current affirmative action system is operating. >> you would agree with the decision from a few years ago saying quote at ales are out but you can take into account a population that creates a robust learning environment because you have robust students. you would agree with that then. >>
rather than advancing people with color as they are unable to move forward without a crutch from the government. there is an affirmative action case before the supreme court now. do you think college admissions should be purely and testing and grades. >> i do. a college also has to take into account diversity. you want a college campus that is reflective of america. i'm also concerned you look back president kennedy said that race should have no form under the color of law in american...
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so the question is for you an governance perspective, you are dealing with an economy that has grown at a rate that nobody is happy with so what are you going to do? >> we need every single voter engaged. as you know from your lifetime in politics elections are long and very complicated processes, a lot can happen in 40 days, so we'll keep pushing forward until the end of this thing. in terms of the economic questions for the president he is going to do what he has done throughout this campaign, where we started and what he inherited. we boss 3.5 million jobs headed into the first six months before he took the oaf value office. and what he has done to move us forward. and we're going to talk about the things we want to do and the plans he has to move us forward. some of the plans are on the table and have been obstructed by congress like the american jobs act, and some of these plans he has outlined on the stump and in our advertising, in terms of the energy solution investments in education and infrastructure. so we'll talk about how to move forward billing off of the last four year
so the question is for you an governance perspective, you are dealing with an economy that has grown at a rate that nobody is happy with so what are you going to do? >> we need every single voter engaged. as you know from your lifetime in politics elections are long and very complicated processes, a lot can happen in 40 days, so we'll keep pushing forward until the end of this thing. in terms of the economic questions for the president he is going to do what he has done throughout this...
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massachusetts moderate with shaky credentials has been uneasy about which shade of romney will show up to govern the white house. but those doubts all but evaporated, and i quote . . . here to discuss who is really eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine. thanks for joining us. >> thank for having me. >> eliot: mitt romney did in fact -- the morph that destroyed him from moderate sensible creatable intellect to far-right stooge, how did he done that. >> we decided he would go to the far right, pose as a severe conservative, and then somehow magically shake the etch-a-sketch and come back to center. >> eliot: if he had been smarter and more nimble he would have said you know i'm going to etch-a-sketch, but he stuck to the far right and showed himself at the end of the day to approximate completely spineless. >> all along people have been saying who is the real mitt romney? how will we know what he really stands for? and i think the moment that was cemented into place was when he picked paul ryan. there was a lot of argument for him to pick centerist like pall leapty. and then gofe
massachusetts moderate with shaky credentials has been uneasy about which shade of romney will show up to govern the white house. but those doubts all but evaporated, and i quote . . . here to discuss who is really eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine. thanks for joining us. >> thank for having me. >> eliot: mitt romney did in fact -- the morph that destroyed him from moderate sensible creatable intellect to far-right stooge, how did he done that....
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the government's got to run somehow. somehow, we've got to have enough money to invade iraq. when mitt romney said i'm going to pay nothing was it then called an intentionally defective grantor trust he's screwing you on that and screwing you when he moves his money to the cayman islands. we all want to do that, but you got to pay your taxes when you do it. in fact, here is steven brightstone, a person who deals with these kind of estate maneuvers all the time. he says: >> in other words god we used to do that he is tricks all the time so the rich wouldn't have to stay taxes. remember romney talking about that 47% that doesn't pay federal in come tax, can you believe what funds they are? how about you you didn't pay a dime on that $100 million. you're the bum. you're the cheat. when he was asked hey have you done anything where you can show empathy toward other human beings? that seems an easy question, right no here's what mitt romney says. >> don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured. 100% of the kids in our state have health insurance. i don't think there is anythi
the government's got to run somehow. somehow, we've got to have enough money to invade iraq. when mitt romney said i'm going to pay nothing was it then called an intentionally defective grantor trust he's screwing you on that and screwing you when he moves his money to the cayman islands. we all want to do that, but you got to pay your taxes when you do it. in fact, here is steven brightstone, a person who deals with these kind of estate maneuvers all the time. he says: >> in other words...
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it was lincoln, i believe who said the role of government is simply to do for the people what the people by themselves cannot do alone. >> stephanie: right. >> uh-huh. >> caller: and the other thing i wanted to say was when you argue with a conservative, you can win the argument by just letting them talk and there is a thing that says play a tape to the end, and when they talk about deportation, you say that is an interesting idea. how are we going to do that? we'll just do that. well are we going to arrest that at home? what do we do with the kids? you know. >> stephanie: according to mitt romney they are all going to magically self deport. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> stephanie: that's one of the specifics currently coming out of our eyeballs. >> we have specifics coming out of our eyeballs. >> we have specifics coming out of our eyeballs. >> mmmmmmmm. >> stephanie: reince preibus. all right. jacki schechner is right. a little droopy dog, a little truman capodi. all right. charlie pierce is next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >> ted nugent. to any sort of star then they complain when t
it was lincoln, i believe who said the role of government is simply to do for the people what the people by themselves cannot do alone. >> stephanie: right. >> uh-huh. >> caller: and the other thing i wanted to say was when you argue with a conservative, you can win the argument by just letting them talk and there is a thing that says play a tape to the end, and when they talk about deportation, you say that is an interesting idea. how are we going to do that? we'll just do...
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he's got a socialistic view of the government. the whole nine yards. we would be a socialistic country. pay attention to fox news. there's good advice. if you didn't watch the movie "2016", it has a lot of good information. >> stephanie: fox news will help you. oh, yes they will help you into a fact-free existence. [ applause ] looky here. top democrats are pushing tax writers in both the senate and house to let mitt romney to use a tax savings vehicle to build a retirement fund. the rest of us have a limit on how much we can put into that there. isn't that something? so many special projects available. >> so many closed loopholes. >> stephanie: not that one. oh heavens. todd akin is a consultant compares him to david koresh. maybe mitt romney does not have the worst surrogates. maybe todd akin. a consultant for embattled senate candidate todd akin compared him -- his fortitude to deadly cult leader david koresh. while making a point about how -- withstood republican attempts to get him off the ballot. kelly ann conway, please and thank you. she said t
he's got a socialistic view of the government. the whole nine yards. we would be a socialistic country. pay attention to fox news. there's good advice. if you didn't watch the movie "2016", it has a lot of good information. >> stephanie: fox news will help you. oh, yes they will help you into a fact-free existence. [ applause ] looky here. top democrats are pushing tax writers in both the senate and house to let mitt romney to use a tax savings vehicle to build a retirement...
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made the case the federal government should have made many years back, the federal government was queasy, unwilling to do it. eric deserves credit for the fortitude of trying to say to the public we will hold them accountable individually and institutionally for the wrong that did enormous harm to our society. >> on another show, the case was made that perhaps it was a little unfair to j.p. morgan because they did not necessarily want to buy bear stearns so now here they are in this position after having done the economy a favor and now are being sued and had the company gone under we wouldn't have even had a company, a bank to go after in this lawsuit. what do you think about that? >> newt frivolous argument. if it were frivolous howard wouldn't have made it. there is logic to it. morgan chase can say come on, we got whip sawed. we did get into this acquisition at the behest of the fed. on the other hand, they were given norm mouse taxpayer support for it and now have to face the issue. even though morgan chase was so far the only major entity sued, the others in the process will have t
made the case the federal government should have made many years back, the federal government was queasy, unwilling to do it. eric deserves credit for the fortitude of trying to say to the public we will hold them accountable individually and institutionally for the wrong that did enormous harm to our society. >> on another show, the case was made that perhaps it was a little unfair to j.p. morgan because they did not necessarily want to buy bear stearns so now here they are in this...
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and violent protests are spreading across europe as governments implement new austerity measures. we'll tell you what happens why -- why what happens over there matters to us over here. this is "the war room" only on current tv. we'll be right back. presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >>now that's politically direct. the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. [ applause ] >> can i call you joe? >> thank you. >> thank you gwen, thank you. >> jennifer: that was the start of the 2008 vice presidential debate between then gover
and violent protests are spreading across europe as governments implement new austerity measures. we'll tell you what happens why -- why what happens over there matters to us over here. this is "the war room" only on current tv. we'll be right back. presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >>now...
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government. it turns out 96% of americans have used government assistance at one point or another in their lives according to a new study. >> i don't care about those people. >> stephanie: wait, there's more. he's preinsulted the other 4%. young adults who are not yet eligible for many policies account for the remaining 4% so he will insult them eventually. >> i don't care about 100% of the american people. >> my campaign is about disenfranchising 100% of the american people. >> stephanie: the survey does not include government activities -- >> i will be in switzerland if you need me. >> stephanie: the interstate highway system, food safety regulations, only tangible benefits. even there, he's insulted 96%. >> food safety? who needs that? [ applause ] >> play russian roulette with your canned stew from 1924, dinty moore. >> stephanie: dinty moore stew. that's when your mom and dad had a night out. liz in madison you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome, liz. >> caller: good morning, everyon
government. it turns out 96% of americans have used government assistance at one point or another in their lives according to a new study. >> i don't care about those people. >> stephanie: wait, there's more. he's preinsulted the other 4%. young adults who are not yet eligible for many policies account for the remaining 4% so he will insult them eventually. >> i don't care about 100% of the american people. >> my campaign is about disenfranchising 100% of the american...
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he puts a doctrine between the government and it restricts your ability to make your medical decisions which is something he hasn't talked about in a long time. we heard him talk about the importance of god and other things that he hasn't talked about on the stump in a long time. brought his debt clock back to the stage which had been gone all summer. so there was an attempt to change things. nothing really new but a return to the message he was using when he was doing better in the polls. >> bill: and we saw -- we're talking to ginger gibson, national political reporter for politico who has been on the road with the romney/ryan team. i wanted to ask you about the two of them were together in ohio. how did they play as a team? >> they do really well as a team. paul ryan is better on the stump than mitt romney. he's able to get the crowd more excited. and when paul ryan warms up a crowd for mitt romney, it often means that the crowd is more excited, more amped up going into romney's speech and romney feeds off of that. he gets more excited when the crowd is more excited. >> bill: yeah.
he puts a doctrine between the government and it restricts your ability to make your medical decisions which is something he hasn't talked about in a long time. we heard him talk about the importance of god and other things that he hasn't talked about on the stump in a long time. brought his debt clock back to the stage which had been gone all summer. so there was an attempt to change things. nothing really new but a return to the message he was using when he was doing better in the polls....
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so the government sticking its nose in is a huge problem. >> john: the government sticking its nose into all kinds of things. the civil rights act of 1964? if you're a libertarian might sound reasonable. if you apply for a job and the employer and employee agree on a salary, who's the government to get in there? some people in this country have decided discrimination is bad. that was todd akin coming out in favor of discrimination in the workplace not just against women. against anybody. so what's to stop a business from not hiring people of a race or religion or sexual orientation they don't like? under todd akin, nothing right? yeah, what a guy. so i'm going to have you play that about four times during this episode. i think it's more shocking than legitimate rape. 1-866-55-press. i'm john fuglesang filling in for bill all morning on your current radio and tv, this is the "bill press show." we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> announcer: heard around the >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> john: this is the
so the government sticking its nose in is a huge problem. >> john: the government sticking its nose into all kinds of things. the civil rights act of 1964? if you're a libertarian might sound reasonable. if you apply for a job and the employer and employee agree on a salary, who's the government to get in there? some people in this country have decided discrimination is bad. that was todd akin coming out in favor of discrimination in the workplace not just against women. against anybody....
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support the governments, provide aid to these governments. stay with the governments. even though in egypt we have someone who is a member of the muslim brotherhood. romney criticized that. that represents a good majority of the population. >> bill: he was elected. >> actually, he's doing a terrific job. and so you had a couple of bad weeks and what you see now and this is a headline in "the washington post" editorial page this morning you're seeing a pro american pushback. you're seeing major demonstrations in libya. against the militias. you're seeing unarmed people come in and take over the militia headquarters, strip them. you see the government start to stand up and order all militias to ban the property. in egypt you're seeing clerics denounce the demonstrations that took place outside the cairo embassy issuing -- saying this is not how we protest. we can protect the honor of the prophet mohammed but not in this way. you're seeing something good come out of this couple of weeks of tumult. >> bill: i saw the report on cbs news last night in benghazi the populous,
support the governments, provide aid to these governments. stay with the governments. even though in egypt we have someone who is a member of the muslim brotherhood. romney criticized that. that represents a good majority of the population. >> bill: he was elected. >> actually, he's doing a terrific job. and so you had a couple of bad weeks and what you see now and this is a headline in "the washington post" editorial page this morning you're seeing a pro american...
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the root of government. do we believe libertarian perspective, we want government out. whatever the arguments may be versus a vision of a government that intercedes. is there a philosophical debate going on? we don't phrase it that way in politics but is that underlying this? >> yes. the divisions between the parties, it is not just personal. these are very real philosophical differences between the parties. people criticize republicans for not collaborating with obama. their supporters don't want them to collaborate. >> eliot: here is an idea. if there is really a philosophical debate, maybe it is a good thing we're split. maybe that's what politics and democracy is all about. if we get a good articulation of it we'll get resolution. juana summers for politico. seth masket, chair of the political science department. thank you both for your time tonight. the candidates are working on one more thing. possibly their most important goal. not to look unpleasant. that's coming up. after the show, glenn beck and i will be having our war of the words here in the fillmore audit
the root of government. do we believe libertarian perspective, we want government out. whatever the arguments may be versus a vision of a government that intercedes. is there a philosophical debate going on? we don't phrase it that way in politics but is that underlying this? >> yes. the divisions between the parties, it is not just personal. these are very real philosophical differences between the parties. people criticize republicans for not collaborating with obama. their supporters...
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i think there is a proper role for government. i think under this president the expansion of the scope size and cost of government has been so dramatic -- it is something we've never seen in this country before. i think that that's one of the great issues of this campaign going beyond all of the economic statistics that this is -- true choice, the american people need to debate and talk about. >> eliot: dave, i'm going to let you respond. >> we have gone there with franklin roosevelt and we have gone there with lyndon johnson with the great society, the new deal. so the question of should we dismantle the new deal, should we dismantle some of the great things about the great society medicare, that is at issue here. i think that there is -- i'm glad we're having the philosophical discussion about redistribution, about the size of government because i think we need to have that discussion in those terms. i was actually shocked that mitt romney hasn't run as governor mitt romney in a more moderate guy, a guy who would -- i read an ar
i think there is a proper role for government. i think under this president the expansion of the scope size and cost of government has been so dramatic -- it is something we've never seen in this country before. i think that that's one of the great issues of this campaign going beyond all of the economic statistics that this is -- true choice, the american people need to debate and talk about. >> eliot: dave, i'm going to let you respond. >> we have gone there with franklin...